Alaskan_Son

As you pointed out, it doesn't work with a vector view. You have to use a different rendering type. If I need a vector view like that, one thing I've done is convert the whole house to a symbol, flip the symbol on it's side, and then use a normal section view. This gives you the ability to add text and other notations as well but it's no longer live. You can also do as Rashid suggested and use a watercolor with line drawing on top. If you turn all the settings down to their absolute minimum settings and toggle textures OFF, you dang near have a vector view. Text and notations for orthographic overviews can be added in layout, can be added by overlapping views, can be added in a photo editor, can be added in a PDF editor, or using any number of other methods.

3D>Create Orthographic View>Orthographic ___ Overview 3D>View Direction>Top View 3D>Camera View Options>Cross Section Slider

I for one appreciate that you want to take the time to learn and figure things out on your own, but the truth is we could take an hour or more writing up post telling you all the things to check, asking questions about various settings, etc. then you could spend another half hour checking those things and answering back, then we could spend another 15 minutes answering back, etc. and we could still miss one minor detail that was the key to the whole thing that woe would have probably caught just by looking at the plan. There are just WAY TOO many settings in Chief to work that way. There are simple wall settings...about 100 of them, there are wall connection details, wall layer intersection details, room structure setttings for rooms above and for rooms below (floor heights, ceiling heights, floor structure, ceiling structure), foundation settings, I could spend all day just going over the possible settings and possible errors for any given item. Now from what I can tell you have a few roof planes, as many as a half dozen different rooms and as many as a dozen different walls all coming together in those areas...you do the math. It's just far more efficient to take a quick look at the plan, point you in the direction of what you're doing wrong and the areas you should focus your studies on, and let you take it from there.

Did you also purge the associated CAD blocks??

I'd be curious to see that file. Could you possibly post the DWG/DXF file?

Issue 1... Use Edit Wall Layer Intersections. Issue 2... Make wall longer (long enough to keep short wall from snapping back to corner, place break, make short section of wall a different wall type (or simply reverse layers) and then drag wall back. Here's a quick video. It's silent because everyone in the house is still asleep and I didn't want to wake them. You should be able to get the gist though...

Or if you want it to be automatic, use this...

No. Check it out. I think it's either 30 days or 30 imports.

BTW, the paid version of that extensions is only $79.00. Well worth it IMO if you need a bunch of those symbols.

The extension I pointed you to works with Sketchup Make (free version) and is available as a free trial (full featured). I actually have that installed right now. Here's one of those symbols imported into SKP, exported to Chief, and then exported to you as a CALIBZ... Sanitary tee.calibz

What site is that?

I'm not sure why there would be 2 DXF files if one wasn't 3D though. Are you sure you're downloading the correct DXF and using the correct import option (3D symbol vs drawing)??

Try this Chop... http://www.simlab-soft.com/3d-plugins/3D_PDF_importer_for_sketchup-main.aspx import to Sketchup then export to Chief.

Might not be possible in the version you're using, but for anyone else who may have the same question... Try making one (or both) of those prow front walls a "High Shed/Gable Wall".

Try unchecking "Use Room Ceiling Finish" in your roof dbx.

Hey Brad, I never really studied your question very thoroughly till just now, but I just took a better look and the problem is crystal clear to me... There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with what Chief is doing. It looks like all that's happening is that YOU have modified the text box. In doing so, you have placed extra characters and spaces which has thrown the tabbed alignment off. It's word processing 101. You just need to add/delete tabs and spaces as necessary to align things to your liking. Am I missing something?

This is not entirely accurate. Chief will recognize "\t" just fine if that macros is placed into a RICH Text box. So...I was working with this again here today and I found that the "\t" method actually DOES work in regular text boxes but it is strangely limited in that... You have to actually place a manual tab somewhere in the text box before the tabs in your macros are recognized If you want to "Display Grid Lines" you have to manually place all the required tabs in the text box in order for the grids to properly generate. This could be done with column headings or by simply creating an extra row of empty "cells" at the bottom of your text box.

The video card should be a non-issue when it comes to ray tracing. Video card is used for normal render views but ray traces are ALL CPU. In fact, unless you've specifically limited certain cores to the task, you'll probably find that during ray tracing all cores will be running at a constant 100% on any computer.

Just make one in a blank plan using a cabinet, solids, molding polylines, etc....create a 3D view...convert to symbol...add to library as "Millwork". Now you can select that item as your newel. You may also want to place some stretch planes.

Okay, I got it. I knew something had changed...The new feature is that you can now control the pitch and overhang using the Gable/Roof Line tool. In previous versions it did not work that way. The pitch and overhang could not be set independently of the rest of the roof and could only be controlled via the Built Roof dbx. thus severely limiting the way that tool could effectively be used for auto roofs. Sorry for any confusion.

My mistake, you are absolutely right. That has been there for a very long time. I edited my posts so as not to confuse people. I'm obviously mixing that up with something else that is new but I'm not sure what. I'll have to get back to you on that. Thanks for pointing out my mistake.

Maybe attach a screenshot and plan along with a description of exactly what you're trying to do and one of us will take a look for you.

Have you tried temporarily moving one of the roof planes up or down a level, placing the rafter(s), and then moving the roof plane back?

Here's a third take on the subject showing how to... Use the "Gable/Roof Line" tool. Set things up so this situation can be built correctly without the need for any manual modifications. Set things up in such a way that allows us to leave Auto Rebuild Roofs toggled ON. Hope it helps someone... EDIT: As Steve points out below, I made a mistake when I said the Gable/Roof Line tool is new. It is NOT. It has been there for quite a few versions now. The new X9 feature is that you can now control the pitch and overhang using the Gable/Roof Line tool. In previous versions it did not work that way. The pitch and overhang could not be set independently of the rest of the roof and could only be controlled via the Built Roof dbx. thus severely limiting the way that tool could effectively be used for auto roofs. Sorry for any confusion.

Yep. I was actually JUST making a video to go over that. Will post here shortly.